Ross rifle restoration advice please

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I received this rifle as a gift last night, and would like to know more about it and the possibility of restoring it to a military stock. Never seen one, know nothing about them. Bore is good, haven't fired it yet. Any advice from go for it or put out with the trash will be appreciated!





 
Not to discourage, but Ross parts aren't that easy to come by. I doubt you'll find a stock, but there are folks who make them for a price. The mag seems to be missing as well. Not to mention the difficulty of finding barrel bands, sling swivels, etc. On the other hand, they were renowned for accuracy when fed properly, so you might have yourself a nice hunting gun. And I'm not sure what's going on with the sights. Are you sure it's a military Ross and not a civilian?
 
Alex_Zues said:
Not to discourage, but Ross parts aren't that easy to come by. I doubt you'll find a stock, but there are folks who make them for a price. The mag seems to be missing as well. Not to mention the difficulty of finding barrel bands, sling swivels, etc. On the other hand, they were renowned for accuracy when fed properly, so you might have yourself a nice hunting gun. And I'm not sure what's going on with the sights. Are you sure it's a military Ross and not a civilian?
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Not sure why you think the magazine is missing. '05 Rosses never had magazines that protruded below the stock.
 
Skylark 4 said:
I have to agree with Alex. Bottom pic looks to show empty mag recess. May be wrong, but it looks empty.

Ken
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Obviously I'm missing something here. The 1905 Ross rifles were never equipped with protruding or detachable magazines. All 1905 Rosses that I am aware of have 5 round internal double stack magazines. The standard M10/MKIII series of rifle have the protruding 5 round single stack magazines.

Either way, It's a very nice rifle, which may or not be restoreable, but can certainly make a fantastic hunting rifle.
 
I can't tell with my screen - but perhaps with change in screen brightness or resolution there might be something in the darkness that other people can see that we can't?


To the OP: I'd say enjoy it as it is and do an enfield build, then decide if you want to do a ross. I restore only M10's and it's a years long thing. I practically have to sell a kidney for a nose cap for these things. However, don't let that discourage you - you have the rear band, so what you really need is a front nose cap (admittedly horribly rare) and then a new or fixed stock. Not actually that much stuff to find.
 
One day someone is going to make proper repro wood for these, but when?

Unfortunately Beavis the Bubba didn't stop at just whacking the fore end off at the band, he went further and set the band back, further hacking the wood in the process. That makes it very had to restore in any way that is not obvious.

Free is always a good price and you can learn a lot from just cleaning, examining and shooting it. A good source of parts too, if nothing else. Congrats.
 
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Many moons ago I saw someone on here who had cobbled a P14 nosecap in place of the original when restoring a cutdown stock. Not a perfect solution, but better than no nosecap, right?
 
Stocks are out there for milsurps, but, I have not seen any for a Ross since the late 70's.
Keep lookin, perhaps for the next several years. Or extend what you have now.
 
Alex_Zues said:
I was stuck in M10 mode. I've never actually seen a MkII before. Even sportered, that's a neat rifle. Looking forward to the report
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There yah go
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As the middle band is there, you can make an extesion for the forend by cutting back the existing forend slightly to join under the band. Finding the nosecap is going to be the hard part. Is the rear sight all there? I might know someone who has a nosecap for a MkII. PM me is you decide to restore it.
 
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